6. I will freely sacrifice unto thee.
Spontaneously will I bring my freewill offerings. So certain is he of
deliverance that he offers a vow by anticipation. His overflowing gratitude
would load the altars of God with victims cheerfully presented. The more we
receive, the more we ought to render. The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. I will praise thy name, O Lord.
He resolves to be much in vocal thanksgiving. The name which he invoked in
prayer (verse 1) he will now magnify in praise. Note how roundly he brings it out: “O Jehovah”—this is the grand name of
the revealed God of Israel, a name which awakens the sublimest sentiments and
so nourishes the most acceptable praise. None can praise the Lord so well as
those who have tried and proved the preciousness of his name in seasons of
adversity. Surely it is good. Surely we may read this as “God’s name is good, and so is his praise.” Praise is good in itself, good to us, and good to all around us. If
David’s enemies are described in verse 3 as not setting God before them, he here declares that he is of a
different mind from them, for he resolves to have the Lord in perpetual
remembrance in his sacrifices and praises.
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